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Gilgamesh (Hwan Daeng)   
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Description

Type
Manhwa

Related Series
The Ember Knight (Alternate Story)

Associated Names
Der Unsterbliche
Epic of Gilgamesh
L'homme sans âge
Old
Old Kid
Эпос о Гильгамеше
不灭勇者
若年寄〜不老不死の男〜
애늙은이

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Latest Release(s)
c.152 by Wowe Scans over 5 years ago
c.151 by Wowe Scans over 5 years ago
c.150 by Wowe Scans over 5 years ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
126 Chapters + Prologue + Epilogue + Review (Complete)

Side Story: 9 Parts (Complete)
Total: 44 Chapters + Epilogue

Parts:
Campaign; Demon Knight: 5 Chapters
Gnojes the Blacksmith: 3 Chapters
The Legendary Mage: 7 Chapters
The Helmed Knight: 3 Chapters
The Strongest Knight: 7 Chapters
The Sword Saint's Disciple: 3 Chapters
The East: 5 Chapters
Dragon Hunter: 5 Chapters
Gray Weasel: 6 Chapters

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (106 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.39 / 10.0
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Last Updated
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Year
2015

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)
Lezhin (Lezhin)
Naver Series (Naver)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #640 increased(+5)
Monthly Pos #1227 increased(+281)
3 Month Pos #2510 increased(+63)
6 Month Pos #2901 increased(+445)
Year Pos #3756 increased(+147)

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On 199 wish lists
On 146 completed lists
On 21 unfinished lists
On 129 custom lists

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Decent read, however can get overbearing with the action scenes and slightly lose its ambiance  
by Lokin
February 12th, 2024, 3:35pm
Rating: 6.5  / 10.0
## Tentative summary

This series is the story of an energetic and slightly brash tomboy girl with a terminal disease who came across a depressed and unmotivated immortal dude who, for some reason, manage to get through his rut, decides to find a cure for her. But to do so, the two protagonists will need to explore the entire continent to find the missing pieces. Throughout the journey, powerful antagonist forces strike, unexpected comrades join the party, and a surprising plot twist.

## Tentative review

Since the main developments seem to be mostly "Travelling across the continent", going from waypoints to waypoints. It would be mostly appropriate to consider this a traversal series.

Generally speaking, traversal series have this soothing, lonely vibes. It feels kinda close to the vibes when you play an open-world fantasy exploration adventure game. It feels long, expansive, and vast. You "feel" it during the "journey".

However, the author likes to present very strong opponents which also makes this series action centric. But at the same time, it also raises the stakes and the tension plenty-more so it's not necessarily a bad decision. (THIS IS AN AUTHOR THAT LIKES TO KILL NAMED CHARACTERS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE PLOT SO BE ON YOUR GUARDS FOR YOUR FAVS) It also makes things very unpredictable, so you don't know who's going to die. It can get exhilarating at times.

This design decision of including high stakes action is not always a bad idea, however to me it does take it away from the vibes. Because the action scenes LAST VERY LONG (power system explanation is on HxH-tier in terms of long-windedness).

So, the way the action is depicted here, feels like it kind of detracts from the strong traversal, philosophical vibes that it is going for (more on the later half).

However, it can also be argued that maybe the author knows their strengths (to create epic fights), so it is not necessarily a bad decision. But the problem is, sometimes, the reason why they have a fight can feel like... not very rational and illogical (like they can just talk it out instead of fighting to the death) so it can seem dumb at times for forcing a dramatic turnout. It feels kinda cheap when such fights do engage (the author mostly fixed this in their next series, the Ember Knight).

Other flaws include:
Power ups feels abrupt and "out of necessity" for the protagonist to grow in order to advance the story. Certain characters are too strongly developed for when it comes to the motives and sidetracks a bit the main story.

The "spin-off" side stories, available to read at the end of the "main story", while contained, feel more "complete" to read on their own, than trying to be integrated during the "main story".

All and all, it's still a decent series, a bit unique with a strange direction that doesn't feel the most cohesive. I'm glad that the author has taken what they have learnt from this and eliminate most "issues" seen in here in their next series.

The world building is unique, intriguing, and makes you feel invested in the side cast and the spin-offs quite a lot!

Worth a read? If you don't mind the flaws, enjoy unexpected turnouts, an "underdog" and atypical way to fight (like presented in the author's other series), you'll like this. If you enjoy OP power fantasies where nobody can touch the MC, you'll probably not enjoy this as much.

## Closing remarks (for those of you that have plenty of time to waste)

The characters just tag along casually is kinda weird but good fun.

It's worth your time if you want to chill and cruise along while not minding some actions here and there. The power system jargon is really long winded and can be off-putting. (I would have preferred that to be off-screened like put in the extra content page; but it is an interesting narrative choice). It feels like the author has a very analytical mind, kinda reminds me of Liar Game and HxH... DURING THE LONG-WINDED OMNISCIENT NARRATIVE SECTIONS. It is quite, unique? Since I don't across this type of voice often, I find it interesting. Far from usual "shounen" series, it has this weird "maturity" that puts it closer to a "seinen" series (but when the action sequences hit, it becomes closer to a "shounen" series---well more like a shounen-seinen hybrid like Kengan Asura...)

The author really likes the shield.

Flawed and endearing characters. I feel like the author puts great care in showing the named characters. Human connections and forming relationships are a main thematic here. There's also quite a lot of "growth(?", well it's actually closer to "self realization"? Which is kinda rare for "shounen" (so that's why I don't consider it as shounen).


The plot twist is intriguing, I feel more or less satisfied at the ending and it ties most things well together. (There's some random BS but that's beyond the point of the plot and the author has addressed that in the afterwords anyway if you can make it that far)

WORTH THE READ? If you enjoy "similar" series stated below, you'll probably like it.

## Closest series in terms of vibes
To You, The Immortal (pre contemporary and future arcs), manga <- similarity: "human connection"; also, I like the "action" there better; image this series is like that, but with DBZ and Bleach level of action... yeah it'll kinda feel, a bit strange...
About Death, manhwa <- similarity: overall vibes; it has a very similar vibe when there's no action
Kengan Asura (and some other boxing series) AND World Trigger <- similarity: level of technicalities when there's action... like imagine these series, but instead of their world-specific weapons, you have fantasy unique weapons.

... Last updated on February 12th, 2024, 4:00pm
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Pretty great shonen style series, a middling latter half though  
by Daedalus679
June 27th, 2022, 3:04pm
Rating: 8.0  / 10.0
Great humour, plot and great action. I love the characters, although some are just dicks. It's a very interesting story. Unfortunately in the last half the plot gets a bit weird and doesn't quite land solidly. It does leave alot of potential for future series though. The side stories are brilliant.

... Last updated on June 27th, 2022, 3:05pm
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It made me think outside of the box  
by SamuraiChamp
January 29th, 2022, 9:45am
Rating: N/A
As other people has said, this whole manhwa is questions. It made me ponder about life and how I can efficiently make it work. The need to better yourself, in any steps. Understanding that there will always be people better than you, how you handle the emotion that arises is what defines you. The whole manhwa is about being normal. Every person has their own story. The way it connects to each other is what makes this manhwa my top 5. Forget the quest, forget the journey and don't think about the ending. This story is unsatisfactory, and I love it.
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God damn genius of creating the characters  
by ToshikoSatoru
October 12th, 2018, 4:48am
Rating: N/A
Every character has their own story and you don't need those flashback fillers to tell because their choice of dialogue just oozes out of it in the purest form. it's especially fun when i got to hear Warren's rants, you could decipher so many things just from Warren's pure vibe. You didn't need filler flashbacks to know Warren is frustrated with society, lonely and isolated, but too conceited and proud to have atleast one friend. the psycho can get real emotional sometimes which is so ironic in the saddest form, and i love irony. the Story starts slow but the continuous world building kept me going, especially by being intrigued to the Immortal's past, I was also very confused why He wasn't as Overpowered as i thought immortals would be but hearing the answer made me respect this epic on another scale, it gets real philosophical in a lot of ways, the author didn't make him overpowered just for cliche purposes, he thought about it, he definately did, just when you hear him explain why he isn't as strong stunned me, something along the lines of "Because I've lived so long it's not fun anymore" the story tackles the idea of talent vs effort, unrelated but my past goals on trying to go professional in a Video game made me really relate to that concept. It's really hard to win when you lose motivation, especially when it's not fun anymore, to create a wise character when you're not wise yourself is impossible, author gained a lot of my respect when i heard those lines, All in all, This is an epic, it's not just about the quest, it's the world and the characters in it, they really made this one shine through. I always think about to it when i think of a good story and Warren may stick as my favorite fictional character for awhile.

... Last updated on February 1st, 2021, 10:17am
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Questions. But that's why it's good  
by jamminbeats
August 16th, 2018, 4:51pm
Rating: N/A
Is it confusing? Yes. But that's why it's interesting. Are there some unsatisfactory parts? Yes. Most definitely. Is it going nowhere? Absolutely not. Though there are many questions I still have after reading it, it did answer some and it is vague because that is the nuance. The characters themselves are figuring out the meaning of their existence, their pain, their nonexistence and unsatisfactory though some may be, you do get all the answers. I can't say I liked everything about the story so far, but I can say it was well done. And I do believe there will be a sequel.
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Going nowhere  
by Mytskine
December 23rd, 2016, 12:56am
Rating: 2.0  / 10.0
There is no story. The girl is supposed to be sick and on the verge of dying, but that's hardly visible, save a cough once in a while. She teams up with an immortal and they both look for the knowledge that would cure her. This looks like a never-ending quest with no clear purpose. Other characters appears along the quest, each one being stronger than the previous one, à la shounen.

I've read up to chapter 20 then skipped to 57. I could grasp the situation and what happened immediately though I had missed two thirds of the series, so it seems the pace gets extremly slow.

The drawings are not very good in the first chapters and they turn bad later on.

By the way, I did not find any reference to Gilgamesh, the mythical king of Ur that tried to be immortal but failed. I started reading this manhwa because of its name. The sumerian-akkadian tale is far more interesting than this series, my favorite part being the plot to stop Enkidu from living among beasts, up to the fight with the tyrant. The Gilgamesh tale will go on for another 5000 years, while this manhwa will soon be forgotten even by its readers.

... Last updated on December 23rd, 2016, 12:57am
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